U. Mt. Bethel Approves Bangor Classrooms

Four classrooms will be placed at DeFranco Elementary School at the Five Points Complex in Upper Mount Bethel. The extra space is needed because enrollment exceeds capacity at the 4-year-old school.

The district needed a variance because the property is zoned agricultural-rural-residential and portable classrooms are not a permitted use. In approving the variance, the zoners allowed the district to install the classrooms before the start of school Sept. 8.